Wikimedia Europe

Wikimedia Europe
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Members of Wikimedia Europe
Location	Brussels, Belgium & remote
Affiliate code	WMEU
Country code	EU
Legal status	Association internationale sans but lucratif (AISBL)
Founding date	June 2022 – working group finishes January 13, 2023 – formal recognition
Main office	Brussels-Capital Region
Membership	29 (members' list)
Staff	10
Official language(s)	English
Other language(s)	French, Dutch
President	Claudia Garád
Secretary	Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
Treasurer	Capucine-Marin Dubroca-Voisin
Board members	Rebecca MacKinnon Gonçalo Themudo
Key people	Dimitar Dimitrov Anna Mazgal
Incorporation paper	Statutes
Budget	542,000 EUR (2024)
Reports	Reports
Affiliations	Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia European Affiliates Cooperation
Mailing list	updateswikimedia-europeeu
Remarks	Board resolutions

Members of Wikimedia Europe

On 20 July 2022 at the meeting of incorporated Wikimedia affiliates, representatives of 21 affiliates confirmed their organisations' commitment to found Wikimedia Europe. As of June 10, 2024, there are 29 members of Wikimedia Europe:

Chapters

• Wikimedia Belgium
• Wikimedia Czech Republic
• Wikimedia CH
• Wikimedia Deutschland
• Wikimedia Danmark
• Wikimedia España
• Wikimedia Eesti
• Wikimedia France
• Wikimédia Magyarország
• Wikimedia Italia
• Wikimedia Nederland
• Wikimedia Norge
• Wikimedia Österreich
• Wikimedia Polska
• Wikimedia Portugal
• Wikimedia Serbia
• Wikimedia Suomi
• Wikimedia Sverige
• Wikimedia UK
• Wikimedia Ukraine

Thematic Organizations

• Amical Wikimedia

User Groups

• Basque Wikimedians User Group
• WikiDonne
• Esperanto kaj Libera Scio
• Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia
• Wikimedia Community Ireland
• Wikimedia Community User Group Malta
• Wikimedians of Slovakia
• Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey

Board and Staff

Board

Wikimedia Europe Board

Photo	Name	Wikimedia username	Seat	Term	Role	Affiliation
	Claudia Garád	Claudia.Garad Ki7sun3	Elected	2022–2025	President	Wikimedia Austria
	Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz	Nadzik	Elected		Secretary	Wikimedia Poland
	Capucine-Marin Dubroca-Voisin	Capucine-Marin Dubroca-Voisin	Elected		Treasurer	Wikimedia France
	Rebecca MacKinnon	Rmackinnon RMacKinnon (WMF)	Appointed (22 Aug 2022)		Member	N/A
	Gonçalo Themudo	GoEThe	Elected			Wikimedia Portugal

Staff

• Dimi Dimitrov – Policy Director
• Anna Mazgal – Executive Director
• Michele Failla – Senior EU Law & Policy Advisor
• Valentina Calcagno – Fundraising Manager
• Erkida Pema – Finance and Operations Officer

General Assembly

• 2023:
  • Jan 27, 2023 2023 WMEU Online General Assembly.
  • June 9-10, 2023 2023 WMEU General Assembly in Prague.
• 2024:
  • Jan 26, 2024 2024 WMEU Online General Assembly.
  • May 24-25, 2024 2024 WMEU General Assembly in Prague.

Information and documentation

Information for newcomers

We created a presentation to brief potential future members on Wikimedia Europe.

Presentation for future members

If you wish to join Wikimedia Europe or receive updates, please reach out to Anna Mazgal (anna.mazgalwikimedia-europeeu)

Founding documents

• Statutes – our founding document is available here
• Trademark – our agreement with WMF is available here.

Reports and plans

• Reports:
  • 2022 yearly report of activites
  • 2023 yearly report of activites
• Financial reports:
  • 2023 financial report
• Budget plans:
  • 2023 annual budget plan
  • 2024 annual budget plan
• Work plans:
  • 2023 annual work plan
  • 2024 annual work plan

Stay updated!

You can join the following mailing lists to get updates from us:

Updates (updateswikimedia-europeeu) – this is a list of all news related to Wikimedia Europe, our meetings, organisational matters and Board activity. The people receiving those emails are both official representatives of their organisations to WMEU and other people from those organisations and groups who wish to be informed about Wikimedia Europe's internal affairs. If you or anybody else from your organisation would like to be there – let us know and we will make that happen.

Public policy list (publicpolicylistswikimediaorg) – this is a public list to share policy updates, look for experiences and perspectives in general policy and advocacy questions – both by us in Brussels and our subscribers. The subscribers are policy and advocacy experts, enthusiasts and followers from Wikimedia and other organisations, including EU institutions, media and entities we sometimes get on opposite positions in policy debates with. It has a moderate amount of traffic and serves to share a much-praised monthly digest on Brussels policy prepared by Dimi.

See also

All documentation can be found here:

• EU policy qualitative report
• EU policy – structural implications focus group report
• EU policy – strategic direction and 2030 Movement Strategy

Disclaimers

• Transparency obligations of the employer